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Release of the album "Queen I"
Queen I is the debut studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on July 13, 1973 by EMI. It was recorded in 1971-1972 at De Lane Lea Studios and Trident Studios in collaboration with producers John Anthony and Roy Thomas Baker. -
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Release of the album "Queen II".
In 1974 the second Queen II album was released. -
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Release of the album "Sheer Heart Attack"
The band's third album Sheer Heart Attack took positions in 7 charts, and the song "Killer Queen" became the band's first hit. The single went silver in the UK. -
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Release of the album "A Night at the Opera"
The next album "A Night at the Opera" made the band famous all over the world thanks to the songs "You're My Best Friend" and "Bohemian Rhapsody", which gained huge popularity among fans. -
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Release of the album "A Day at the Races"
In 1976 "A Day at the Races" was released, very similar to its predecessor, as a result of which the band was accused of an unsuccessful attempt to repeat the success of the previous album. However, he made his way into many charts, the song "Somebody to Love" became another hit. -
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Release of the album "News of the World"
In 1977 the "News of the World" was published, dedicated to two world-famous songs: "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions". -
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Release of the album "Jazz"
In 1978 Jazz was released, distinguished by its genre diversity, as a result of which the album was criticized by some music publications. -
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Release of the album "The Game"
In 1980 the album "The Game" was released, which opened a new era in Queen's work. The most successful songs were "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Another One Bites the Dust" -
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Release of the album "Hot Space"
In 1982 the album Hot Space was released, which had less success due to the fact that Queen moved away from rock music and experimented with disco, R&B and dance music, trying to surpass the success of the disco-funk "Another One Bites the Dust". After the commercially disastrous album, the band took a break from concert activities in 1983 to create material that would allow the band to return to past successes. -
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Release of the album "The Works"
In 1984 the next album "The Works" was released, which got into the top 10 of almost every corner of the planet. The album marked Queen's return to hard rock, but experiments with electronics continued. The most successful song was "Radio Ga Ga". The second single from this album — "I Want to Break Free" — became the anthem of the African National Congress. Each of the studio albums released during this time went platinum in the UK and sold at least 1 million copies. -
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Release of the album "A Kind of Magic"
In 1986 the band created a new album "A Kind of Magic" from songs written as soundtracks for the films "Iron Eagle" and "Highlander", which received triple platinum status in Poland -
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Release of the album "The Miracle"
In 1989 "The Miracle" album was released, on which the band returned to the usual hard rock. -
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Release of the album "Innuendo"
In February 1991, the last album Innuendo was released during Freddie Mercury's lifetime. Shortly before Mercury's death, another hit "The Show Must Go On" was released. -
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Release of the album "Made in Heaven"
In 1995 the remaining members of the band released the last album "Made in Heaven", musically and stylistically reminiscent of Queen's work of the 1970s. In the UK, the album went four times platinum, with worldwide sales of 20 million copies.